Etymology

hallucinogenic

hal·lu·cino·gen·ic
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Today it means: Producing hallucinations. Full definition →

English hallucinogen ← Ancient Greek γένος (génos) ← Proto-Hellenic *génos
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The story

  1. Englishhallucination
  2. Proto-Indo-European*ǵenh₁-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*ǵénh₁os
  4. Proto-Hellenic*génos
  5. Ancient Greekγένος (génos)
  6. Englishhallucinogen
  7. English todayhallucinogenic

From hallucinogen + -ic.

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